Campaign Stars and Battle Stars
Some 3/16 inch stars are also referred to as campaign stars or battle stars depending on the award and the circumstances in which they are issued. In these instances, the same 3/16 inch star is used and is worn by an individual service member on a particular decoration or award.
During World War II and the Korean War, commendations called "battle stars" were also issued to United States Navy warships for meritorious participation in battle, or for having suffered damage during battle conditions. Similarly, during the Vietnam War and afterwards, The "Battle E" took the place of receiving Battle Stars and are awarded for superior battle efficiency in place of combat operations.
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Famous quotes containing the words campaign, stars and/or battle:
“The winter is to a woman of fashion what, of yore, a campaign was to the soldiers of the Empire.”
—Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)
“The sage as astronomer.—As long as you still experience the stars as something “above you,” you still lack viewpoint of knowledge.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to standing upon the vantage ground of truth ... and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below.”
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626)